Jar-lifter



(No Model.) i

Z. MOTTEN.

JAR LIFTER.

No. 436,086. 5 Patented Sept. 9, 1890.

WIM-[55555 {IqvEqLc-H NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ZACHARIAS MOTTEN, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

JAR-LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o. 436,086, dated September 9, 1890.

Serial No. 353,053 (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ZACHAEIAS MorTEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jar-Lifters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, forming part of this specification.

My invention consists in the improvements in jar-lifters hereinafter set forth and eX- plained, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which the gure is a perspective view of my improved jar-lifter.

In the construction of my improved jarlifter I make the frame-work thereof preferably of Bessemer steel wire, bent so as to form the handles A A, and the semicircular portions B B to embrace a jar. These sections are hinged together at C, preferably by means of a pintle D, so as to be readily clasped around a jar. Within. the semicircular portions B of the frame I secure semicircular sections E E of some non-conducting material, preferably wood, by means of staples d. The pintle D is also provided at its upper end with an outwardly-projecting hook F, adapted to hook over the edge of a kettle or other receptacle to assist in supporting the weight of the jar, the lower end f of the pintle D being bent outward, so as to prevent the pintle D from being withdrawn.

Centrally in each of the sections E E, I secure wires G, which pass downward and have their lower ends Hbent inward, so as to pass under the bottom of a jar and prevent its slipping downward in case the sections E E are not firmly clasped against it.

In operation my jar-lifter is adapted to handle jars when being filled or when entirely filled with hot fluid, the hook F enabling the operator to easily support the weight of the jar while being illed.

The frame of my jar-lifter being also constructed of spring-steel wire, as described, enables it to be used as a clamp for holding a jar while unscrewing the top of same, the spring of the handles A exerted upon the semicircular sections E E serving to clamp them firmly against the voutside of the jar, so as to prevent its turning therein.v

Havingvthus fully described my invention so as to enable others to construct and operate the same, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United4 States, is-

1. The combination, in a jar-lifter, of wire frame-sections A B A B, hinged together at D, and a hook F at said hinge D, with the semicircular lining-sections E E, secured to the portions B B of the frame, and the downwardly and inwardly projecting wires Gr H, secured to said sections E E, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, in a jar-lifter, of wire frame-sections A B A B with the pntle C, having a hook F thereon, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses. i

ZACHARIAS MOTTEN.

Witnesses:

E. L. WHrrrELsEY, A. MINNIG. 

